Polmak

This article is about the village in Tana, Norway. For the former municipality in Finnmark, Norway, see Polmak Municipality.

Polmak (Norwegian), Buolbmát (Northern Sami), or Pulmanki (Kven)^[2] is a village in Tana Municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. The village is located on the south bank of the river Tana, just east of the border with Finland (and the northernmost point of Finland). The village is the site of the Polmak Church.^[3]

Polmak (Norwegian) Buolbmát (Northern Sami) Pulmanki (Kven)
Village
View of the village church
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Coordinates: 70.0708°N 28.0075°E / 70.0708; 28.0075
Country	Norway
Region	Northern Norway
County	Troms
District	Øst-Finnmark
Municipality	Tana Municipality
Elevation [1]	19 m (62 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	9845 Tana

The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Polmak which existed from 1903 until its dissolution in 1964.

Name

The name is a Norwegian version of the Northern Sami form of the name, Buolbmát. The meaning is unknown.